Nathan Williams

October 24th, 2007 • SEGMENT

From The Show: Saints & Spirits

Creole traditional healer or traiteur, Dennis Paul Williams practices his arts in St. Martinville, Louisiana. Also a guitarist in his cousin Nathan Williams' band, the Zydeco Cha-Chas, and a painter, Williams takes his inspiration for all his arts from nature and his faith.

East Texas/West Louisiana

Explore the musical territory of the Texas-Louisiana border: It's a fertile frontier where country, gospel, Cajun, zydeco, jazz, blues and boogie merge into one another. American Routes visits the flashy zydeco accordion man Nathan Williams; Shreveport, Louisiana, singer Dale Hawkins tells stories of his early rockabilly hit "Suzy Q"; and jazz pianist/songstress Nellie Lutcher talks about growing up in southwest Louisiana, then playing music in the other LA - Los Angeles.